Busy
Sales Week Topped by Two 6-Figure Deals Including One That Ranks
Among The Year's Five Biggest Sales

Flowers aren't the only things
blossoming this spring- domain sales also seem to be busting
out all over. This past week was led by two six-figure sales
including one that ranks as the 5th biggest transaction reported so
far in 2012. That is PhoneMarket.com, a name that
sold at Sedo.comfor $180,000.

Also breeching the six-figure barrier this
week was #2 AFW.com, a domain that American Furniture
Warehouse purchased through GoDaddyAuctions
for $125,000. That name was previously owned by a financial
consulting firm.

GoDaddyAuctions also reported selling Psoriasis.com
for $350,000, however that is a fully developed and
operational ecommerce
website, so cannot be viewed as a domain only sale.

A big .xxx sale takes the #3 slot
on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales
Chart. FootFetish.xxx was sold directly by the ICM
Registry (who operates the extension) for $89,000.
That is the second biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far in
2012 (topped only by last month's sale of CDN.net for $185,000).

By
Ron Jackson

Rounding our the first five are a pair of $50,000 ccTLD sales;
App.me,(sold by GoDaddyAuctions, and Jeu.tv ("Game"
in French), a name that MostWantedDomains.com
brokered for the seller, Legacy Fund LLC. Those two sales
also rank as the 5th biggest country code sales reported year to
date, so every category - .coms, non .com gTLDs and ccTLDs - had YTD
top ten sales in a banner week across the aftermarket.

GoDaddyAuctions piled up nine of the 20 chart entries with a
group that included #6 Cicero.com at $40,000. That was
one of 14 .coms on the elite list. The ccTLDs had the next biggest
group, taking five places on the Big Board (four of those on the top
half of the chart) including #7 HomeLoanCalculator.com.au,
sold for $37,339 byNetFleet.com.au.
The non .com gTLDs only had one representative - that big .xxx
sale at #3.

Sedo claimed five chart entries including one of the ccTLDs that
reached the top ten - #8 HB.de at $34,320. The AfternicDLS
also took multiple positions with a hand in three charted
sales.

In addition to all of the five and six figure sales on the leader
board, there were another 13 five-figure sales off the chart (those
are listed under the Top 20 list). Here's how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday,
April 1:

The
DN Journal Top 20Reported
Domain Sales - Mon. March 26, 2012 - Sun. April 1, 2012Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect April 4, 2012

Domain

Sold For

Where
Sold

1.

PhoneMarket.com

$180,000

Sedo

2.

AFW.com

$125,000

GoDaddyAuctions

3.

FootFetish.xxx

$89,000

ICM Registry

4.
tie

App.me

$50,000

GoDaddyAuctions

4.
tie

Jeu.tv("game" in French)

$50,000

MostWantedDomains

6.

Cicero.com

$40,000

GoDaddyAuctions

7.

HomeLoanCalculator.com.au

36,251 AUD = $37,339

NetFleet.com.au

8.

HB.de

€26,000 = $34,320

Sedo

9.

CloudServers.com

$32,010

GoDaddyAuctions

10.

Weights.com

$32,000

Sedo

11.

Software.com.co

€20,000 = $26,400

Sedo

12.
tie

LoveBug.com

$25,000

GoDaddyAuctions

12.
tie

ParkMe.com

$25,000

GoDaddyAuctions

14.

CloudApp.com

$24,000

GoDaddy Auctions

15.

ToteBag.com

$23,000

DomainNameSales

16.

HomeStays.com

$22,000

Sedo

17.

HealthKick.com

$21,000

AfternicDLS/
GoDaddyAuctions

18.

549.com

$20,800

AfternicDLS

19.

Adjara.com

$19,000

AfternicDLS

20.

Adven.com

$18,541

GoDaddyAuctions

Keep in mind that these are the highest
value sales that have been reported to us in the
past week. This column is meant to be an educational tool,
not a complete list documenting ALL high
value domain sales. Such a list is impossible to produce
because many sales are kept private at the insistence of
buyers, sellers or both. Our procedure for verifying the
accuracy of domain sales reports is available here.

Forthe many newcomers entering the domain
industry we also want to point out that the reasons why a domain name sells for a certain price can be varied and are not always clear to those who are unfamiliar with the domain market.
If you do not understand why specific domain names command the
prices they do, you are likely to make unwise domain registrations or purchases.
We highly recommend that you do some basic research beforeyou buyanything! As a starting point we have
built a sister site specifically for you at NameNewbie.com.

Elsewhere, emall.ca
sold StudyOnline.ca for $15,000 in a private
transaction while the AfternicDLS moved DRMG.com and
Flexible.net for $10,000 apiece.

.Com Supporting Cast

Sedo led the .com supporting cast of
four-figure sales with GWN.com ($9,999), Ildefonso.com
($9,900) and WoodTurning.com ($9,500). They also scored
with ManToMan.com and TeamSun.com at $8,000 each
while GTRadial.com rang up another $7,950.

The AfternicDLS had 94 more four-figure .com sales
ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 that are listed in the table below:

Additional
AfternicDLS .com Sales Between $2,000 - $5,000

tradequest.com

$5,000

allthethings.com

$2,500

easyfriend.com

$4,588

contractingplus.com

$2,500

camq.com

$4,500

dfwplasticsurgery.com

$2,500

generalmed.com

$4,500

expofilms.com

$2,500

messagevault.com

$4,300

firstaidclasses.com

$2,500

makeyou.com

$4,288

fittedwardrobes.com

$2,500

geekexchange.com

$4,188

instantmobile.com

$2,500

gaole.com

$4,000

silverlogic.com

$2,500

JobCharts.com

$4,000

sterlingpointe.com

$2,500

socialchina.com

$4,000

trueplan.com

$2,500

voyou.com

$4,000

primeandbond.com

$2,488

realextreme.com

$3,888

themedicalschool.com

$2,488

prodigylearning.com

$3,800

bodyliner.com

$2,470

bluebe.com

$3,677

marriageministries.com

$2,388

userprovisioning.com

$3,677

wesellautos.com

$2,388

eblife.com

$3,572

intreat.com

$2,370

sellingtime.com

$3,390

budgetsites.com

$2,350

joinusnow.com

$3,388

phoria.com

$2,350

wearx.com

$3,388

yogaforkids.com

$2,302

worldvox.com

$3,388

openquiz.com

$2,300

opticart.com

$3,300

DealPromotion.com

$2,295

statex.com

$3,288

openspa.com

$2,288

theheroine.com

$3,288

buddybroker.com

$2,285

dikr.com

$3,250

iqlu.com

$2,200

grpweb.com

$3,188

activeinbox.com

$2,188

pcperks.com

$3,188

fleadeals.com

$2,188

styluspens.com

$3,188

filterchange.com

$2,159

filemix.com

$3,050

healthsustainability.com

$2,149

arps.com

$3,000

chinasys.com

$2,100

dermatox.com

$3,000

openhouseamerica.com

$2,100

dogcompany.com

$3,000

affordablealternative.com

$2,088

ellips.com

$3,000

datatrading.com

$2,088

fjmc.com

$3,000

eventdome.com

$2,088

jewelryandbeauty.com

$3,000

neomarkets.com

$2,088

leci.com

$3,000

saveshopping.com

$2,088

hopecentre.com

$2,960

schedulemeeting.com

$2,088

goodoffice.com

$2,888

sprintdata.com

$2,088

scanshipping.com

$2,888

whitehousefellows.com

$2,072

orangeteam.com

$2,825

angelears.com

$2,000

pecore.com

$2,800

compensationlaw.com

$2,000

marketpilot.com

$2,788

everywordmatters.com

$2,000

nighttour.com

$2,788

GOPinion.com

$2,000

reviewstop.com

$2,788

materialdesign.com

$2,000

totalcell.com

$2,788

remitir.com

$2,000

supplierbuyer.com

$2,588

rockdoc.com

$2,000

vertigomusic.com

$2,588

skinvision.com

$2,000

ecosistem.com

$2,540

squido.com

$2,000

The AfternicDLS also teamed up with YummyNames
to sell HairAndMakeup.com ($2,975), StudentLinkup.com
($2,302), WashHouse.com ($2,210) and VitalityClinic.com
($2,000).

At NoktaDomains
CicekEvi.com (Turkish for "flower house") sold for $7,000,
TowelSets.com dried off $5,460 and Festgeldzinsen.com
found $5,000. Kuehlschrank.com dusted off $3,500,
TowelSet.com socked away $3,360 and SmartBars.com
bottled $2,599. BeSports.com bagged $2,280 and
two others; PaddedPanty.com and Runik.com returned $2,000
apiece.

Elsewhere DomainNameSales.com took in $4,000 for Liftrucks.com.

Country Codes

The country codes were rocking this week,
piling up eight five-figure sales including two of the year's five
biggest in this category - App.me and Jeu.tv at $50,000
each. Those five-figure sales (all noted in the all extension
section above) fill the first eight slots on our new Country Code Top 20
Sales Chart. The biggest ccTLD sale you haven't seen yet is #9 CarHireInsurance.co.uk
at $9,900 via Sedo.

Sedo rounded out the top ten with CamcorderInfo.de
at $6,072 and went on to sweep 15 of the 20 chart entries.
They kicked off the second ten with a nice .US sale, Foc.us
at $6,000. The buyer already has a website
up selling a product called Foc.us, making the domain a perfect fit
for them.

Germany's .de won the extension race
with five chart entries followed by Great Britain's .co.uk
with three. Beyond that there was a lot of diversity on this week's
chart with 12 different TLDs represented.

Here is how the ccTLD leaders stacked
up for the week ending Sunday, April 1:

Country
Code Top 20 Highest
Reported ccTLD Sales: Mon. March 26, 2012 - Sun.
April 1, 2012Euro/Pound to Dollar Conversions (€/£ to $) is Based
on Rates in Effect April 4, 2012

There were dozens of additional
four-figure ccTLD sales off the chart led by the ExcellentDomains.ca
sale of WFC.ca for $4,294.

Sedo accounting for the
vast majority of the other sales with a list that included
Laserontharen.nl ($4,290), Spreed.jp ($4,000) and NachtTV.nl
($3,960). Sedo had 55 more four-figure ccTLD sales ranging
from $1,000 to $3,828
that are listed in the table below:

Elsewhere, the AfternicDLS sold BSF.co for $2,000
and NoktaDomains moved AdultDatingSites.co.uk for $1,600.

If there are country code extensions in our report
that you are not familiar with, you can look up the nation each
extension goes with here.

Non .com gTLDs (.biz, .info, .mobi, .net, .org, .asia, .pro & .tel)

FootFetish.xxx stole the show inthe non .com gTLDs
category with that $89,000 sale we told you about at the
top of this report. Only one other sale from this group reached five
figures - Flexible.net at $10,000 through the
AfternicDLS. The first five on our new weekly Non .com gTLD Top 20 Chart
is filled out by Phys.org ($6,000 at the AfternicDLS),
Spielturm.info ($5,547 at Sedo) and Downloads.info
($5,512, also at Sedo).

Sedo piled up 10 of the 20 chart entries with a
roster that included #6 MusicZone.net at $5,000. The
AfternicDLS also had a very strong with nine charted domains
including #7 Principles.org at $4,888.

The .nets won the extension race with 12
charted domains followed by .org with 5. Here's how all of the Non .Com gTLD leaders stacked up for the
week ending Sunday, April 1:

There were several dozen additional four-figure
non .com gTLD sales just off the chart led by the AfternicDLS sale
of Huan.net at $2,360. They also sold SearchHub.org
for $2,288 and Akra.org for $2,088.

The AfternicDLS had 31 more four-figure sales in this
category ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. Those are listed in the
table below:

Additional
AfternicDLS Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $2,000

malpracticeinsurance.net

$2,000

businesstrade.org

$1,288

modelagency.org

$2,000

netprofit.org

$1,288

pssi.org

$2,000

travelweek.net

$1,288

springboard.net

$2,000

yourquote.net

$1,288

appliedintelligence.net

$1,990

edlc.net

$1,188

bioinfo.org

$1,888

wikido.org

$1,121

americanhero.net

$1,750

strikeforce.org

$1,100

SmallLoans.net

$1,700

werkstatt.net

$1,088

learngermanonline.net

$1,688

consideritdone.net

$1,000

ridgewood.net

$1,688

multipack.org

$1,000

llab.org

$1,500

pressoffice.net

$1,000

payper.net

$1,500

redfire.net

$1,000

turquoisejewelry.net

$1,500

retailspace.net

$1,000

deliverit.org

$1,488

treasurebox.net

$1,000

swissnet.net

$1,488

webpsychology.org

$1,000

CLOUD-COMPUTER.org

$1,400

The AfternicDLS also teamed up with YummyNames to sell
GirlChat.net for $1,421.

Sedo had 20 more four-figure sales in this category
ranging from $1,000 to $1,716. Those are listed in the
table below.

Additional
Sedo Non .com gTLD Sales Between $1,000 - $1,716

finanziert.org

$1,716

online-advertising.org

$1,320

kostenlose-kreditkarte.org

$1,716

airportparking.info

$1,288

domnet.net

$1,600

cacaniqueis.net

$1,250

cesenatico.org

$1,584

massageparlors.org

$1,200

cser.org

$1,584

autoecoles.net

$1,188

filmzitate.net

$1,550

grps.org

$1,099

kunstgras.net

$1,500

bazingo.net

$1,000

newsbreak.net

$1,500

bazingo.org

$1,000

propiedades.org

$1,500

jobswap.net

$1,000

comparateurassurance.net

$1,320

ready.biz

$1,000

At NoktaDomains MeditationMusic.net drummed up $1,250,
Autokindersitze.net nabbed $1,200 and Impressum.net
produced $1,100.

Now that you're up to date on what happened over the
past week, check out how the leaders stand year to date in all
categories by visiting our Year
To Date Charts page.

*****

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made through any channel. To contribute information and help make
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We truly appreciate the industry leading
companies who share their sales information
with us to help everyone in the business get a handle on current
domain values. Richard
Meyer of Domain Sales Center also provides invaluable help
in collecting data for these sales
reports each week.

Every Wednesday we publish the highest reported domain name
sales for the previous week. On Mondays and Tuesdays our contributors send us
their sales data for the previous 7 days. We then compile that
information and write this article to give
you the most comprehensive sales report in the industry.

Editor's Note: If you wish to review previous Domain
Sales columns, they are available in our Archive.